I do get the parse error.

Still, I think that even if kamailio stoped processing the request, an error reply should be sent back the the request sender, no?

Something like - 501 ??

 

>I think in such cases you get a "parse error" in the log. Do you?
>If yes, then Kamailio stops processing the packet and no reply is sent.
>
>Reda

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 7:10 PM, Uri Shacked <ushacked at gmail.com> wrote:

> OK understood.
> I tried with no "TO" header as well, and still no error reply....
> Is there suppose to be a reply from core?
>
> On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Andrew Pogrebennyk <

> apogrebennyk at sipwise.com> wrote:
>
>>  On 06/19/2012 02:06 PM, Uri Shacked wrote:
>> > I am testing kamailio replies when an INVITE or another request arrives
>> > with lets say, "VIA" header missing....
>> > The core drops the request. But, there is no reply for the originator
>> > (so it keep on resending the request...)
>> > Why?
>>
>> If there was no Via header, the recipient would have no way to know
>> where to send the response.
>>
>